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I really rather like this video interview with Rod Drury, CEO of the cloud accounting company Xero. I’ve been a happy Xero customer for a few years now – the system makes accounting comprehensible to the non-accountant, which is great!…
Just to let Kind of Digital readers know about a new blog I’ve launched, called WorkSmart. It’s all about how we work in organisations and will cover stuff like use of technology for personal productivity and better team working, and…
I don’t know about you, but I love productivity hacks. One of my favourite bloggers on this topic is David Seah, and as well as offering great insight via his blog, he also shares some beautifully designed templates and forms…
A quick pointer to an interesting project in central government in the UK. It’s looking at redefining the technology used by civil servants to get their jobs done. There are a number of interesting issues around this agenda. The experience…
WorkSmart is a new blog about how we do our jobs. It strikes me that there is a lot going on in terms of building fantastic user interfaces and processes for customers and end users of services – and this…
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: An Open Letter to Software Suppliers – 13 Ways to Help the Public Sector to the Cloud – @copley_rich Why the obsession with “coding” misses the point – from @jjn1 “Whatsapp…
At the DH digital champions summit on Tuesday, during the afternoon open space session, an interesting discussion broke out. One among many, I’m sure! Anyway, what was being discussed was the sheer unusability of government systems and processes. Only, not…
I’ve been doing work with local councillors for some time now – helping them see how they can use the internet to better engage with citizens, and communicate with them too. This takes the form of running training workshops usually.…
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Delivering alpha performance reporting dashboards | Digital Health Origami – Design prototyping with Quartz Composer (free from Facebook) Daring Fireball: Microsoft, Past and Future – excellent read Splat the rat –…
Or maybe not actually rethinking email, but taking it back to what it was meant to be about… Working with a colleague the other day in a government organisation, I saw him looking for a document, that he was sent…